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Synthetic Human Genome Project gets go ahead

Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer How the researchers hope to create human DNA Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or […]

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Womb lining test offers miscarriage hope to women

Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Charlie Beattie Charlie Beattie holds her nine-week-old baby in her arms after many years of miscarriages UK scientists say they have developed a test which can help identify women with an abnormal womb lining that increases their risk of miscarriage. They say their work could pave the way for new treatments […]

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Bryan Norcross: Tropical delay to extend into July

Invest 95E has a high likelihood of developing into a tropical depression or tropical storm, according to the NHC. If it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Flossie. Tropical Storm Andrea was easy to miss. From the time the National Hurricane Center gave the system a name until it was downgraded to a […]

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Ticket touts employing workers to bulk-buy for concerts

Steffan Powell, Sian Vivian & Ben Summer BBC Wales Investigates Getty Images Tickets for Oasis’s reunion tour were being listed on resale websites for more than £6,000 – about 40 times the face value – when they went on sale in August Ticket touts are employing teams of workers to bulk-buy tickets for the UK’s […]

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Natural History Museum to display rare dog-sized dinosaur

Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Reporting fromNatural History Museum, London Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC News The full name of the new species is Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae dinosaur Gwyndaf Hughes Science videographer A labrador-sized dinosaur was wrongly categorised when it was found and is actually a new species, scientists have discovered. Its new name is Enigmacursor – meaning puzzling runner […]

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India celebrates sending its first astronaut into space after 41 years

Axiom Space Axiom-4 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission which has taken off with a multi-country crew, including an Indian astronaut. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who’s piloting the mission, has become only the second Indian to travel to space. […]

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